The Latest Breaking News from Pope Francis

Pope Francis had a lifelong passion for football, from supporting San Lorenzo and organising peace-promoting matches to inviting legends like Messi and Maradona to the Vatican.

Belfast City Hall will be illuminated in yellow and white on Saturday evening.

Jonathan Pryce was humorous, O’Toole capricious, Liv Ullman secretly female and Jude Law memorably Speedo-clad – onscreen pontiffs have come in all forms

The evidence is anecdotal, but psychologists and flight attendants say they are seeing and hearing increased worries about flying

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with a needle and the white or black smoke to signal whether cardinals have chosen a new leader for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics.

An Indian company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has won the $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation

Approximately 20,000 people have filed into St Peter's Square in the Vatican to glimpse Pope Francis lying in state on Wednesday, 23 April.

The Defense Secretary has been fighting to defend himself since the fresh allegations came to light on Sunday

Pope Francis, who himself came from a family of immigrants, has consistently urged for humane treatment of migrants.

The match will now be played on Sunday, with all sport in Italy postponed on Saturday

Edward Berger's Oscar-winning film 'Conclave' has re-entered the cultural conversation following Pope Francis' death. The 2024 film feels prescient considering the upcoming conclave – something mirrored in viewership numbers. But how accurate is the film? Here’s everything you need to know.